Faculty Post-Election Resources

Please find below a list of a few resources compiled by the Center for Civic Learning & Action that we thought might be useful in your classes post-election results. 

Faculty Resources for Post-Election Planning & Discussion

• 4 Ways to Talk to Students About the 2016 Election, from TeachThought (from 2016, but still relevant)
• Post-Election Campus Resource and Response Guide, from Students Learn Students Vote
• How to Respond to the Results of the Election, from Peter Levine
• Readiness for Discussing Democracy in Supercharged Political Times, from Nancy Thomas and the Institute for Democracy and Higher Education
• The Faculty Network for Student Voting Rights

Faculty Resources to Encourage Election and issue Engagement

• Difficult Classroom Conversations About Political Issues, from The Campus Election Engagement Project
• Combating Cynicism, from The Campus Election Engagement Project
• Teaching and Learning in a Tense Election Season, from U. Michigan's Center for Research on Learning & Teaching
• Election Imperatives 2020: A Time of Physical Distancing and Social Action, from the Institute for Democarcy and Higher Education (faculty-specific guidance, p. 8-9)
• The Common Room: Managing Political Difference on the Virtual Campus, from Pen America, the Freedom to Write
• What to Expect When You're Electing, from Pen America